Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Web Services	79	Down -9 places-9	£525	+23.52%	4 0.48%	5
Amazon Web Services (AWS)	9	Up 7 places+7	£450	-10.00%	112 13.40%	23
Amazon Web Services DevOps	78	Up 2 places+2	£313	-11.58%	5 0.60%
Services Manager	82	Down -9 places-9	-	-	1 0.12%	1
Amazon Web Services Engineer	66	Up 11 places+11	£313	-43.06%	17 2.03%	2
Amazon Web Services Architect	81	New entry-	£444	-	2 0.24%
Services Director	82	New entry-	£425	-	1 0.12%
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification	81	Down -23 places-23	£382	-30.63%	2 0.24%	3
Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)	82	New entry-	£438	-	1 0.12%
Field Services Engineer	79	New entry-	£127	-	4 0.48%	3
DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	78	Up 2 places+2	£313	-11.58%	5 0.60%
Data Engineer - Amazon Web Services	81	New entry-	£310	-	2 0.24%
SQL Server Analysis Services	82	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%	1
Data Architect - Amazon Web Services	82	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.12%
Senior DevOps Engineer - Amazon Web Services	82	New entry-	£313	-	1 0.12%
Microservices	51	Down -4 places-4	£425	-12.82%	32 3.83%	9